2008 Motor Trend Truck of the Year: The Contenders
Even though the price of gas has crashed through the $3-a-gallon barrier and looks hellbent on nailing $4 a gallon, and the price of everything from plasma TVs to tuna sushi is going up, America still loves a pickup truck.
Although down 12 percent on 2005, pickup truck sales seemed to be running at close to 2006 levels. That still means some 230,000 Americans drove a brand-new pickup off the dealer’s lot every month last year. To put it another way, pickup trucks alone accounted for one in every five new vehicles sold across the U.S. That’s big business, especially when you consider the entire pickup market is composed of fewer than 20 nameplates, compared with well over 200 for the cars and SUVs that make up the other two thirds.
